Andrew J Stewart

A Vulnerable System

The History of Information Security in the Computer Age

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This book delivers a long view of the history of information security, beginning with the creation of the first digital computers"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 159mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9781501758942
• ISBN-10: 1501758942
• Artikelnr.: 61218973

Autorenporträt

Andrew J. Stewart is an officer at a global investment bank. He received his MSc in Information Security from Royal Holloway, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Three Stigmata 1. A "New Dimension" for the Security of Information 2. The Promise
Success
and Failure of the Early Researchers 3. The Creation of the Internet and the Web
and a Dark Portent 4. The Dot-Com Boom and the Genesis of a Lucrative Feedback Loop 5. Software Security and the "Hamster Wheel of Pain" 6. Usable Security
Economics
and Psychology 7. Vulnerability Disclosure
Bounties
and Markets 8. Data Breaches
Nation-State Hacking
and Epistemic Closure 9. The Wicked Nature of Information Security Epilogue: The Past
Present
and a Possible Future